Taking on Culture Change at Ninth Circuit Post Kozinski

Yohance Edwards had his work cut out for him when he became the first director of workplace relations at the California-based federal judicial circuit grappling with addressing harassment concerns in the #MeToo era.

The former Munger, Tolles & Olson associate stepped into a position created by fallout from the sex harassment allegations that forced Judge Alex Kozinski from his seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

It “would be naive of me and presumptuous to suggest that I could change” the court’s culture alone, Edwards said in an interview.

But “I do see myself as having ...